# COMAR Title 13B — Maryland Higher Education Commission

## Subtitle 08 — Financial Aid

### Chapter 03 — Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship Program

#### Regulation .02 Eligibility.

*COMAR 13B.08.03.02*

A. In this regulation, actively engaged means:

  (1) A career member who has worked a minimum of 1000 hours as part of a fire, ambulance, or rescue squad in the tax year prior to the award year; and

  (2) A volunteer member:

    (a) Within a county or municipality that operates a Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP), who has recorded at least 50 LOSAP points as part of a fire, ambulance, or rescue squad in the tax year prior to the award year, and the points have been earned in at least two different categories; and

    (b) Within a county or municipality that does not operate a LOSAP, who has recorded at least 50 points under the point system established by the county or municipality to identify active members as part of a fire, ambulance, or rescue squad in the tax year prior to the award year, and the points have been earned in at least two different categories.

B. To be eligible for a Riley Scholarship, an individual shall be:

  (1) A resident of Maryland;

  (2) Actively engaged as a:

    (a) Career firefighter or ambulance or rescue squad member in an organized fire department or ambulance or rescue squad in the State; or

    (b) Volunteer firefighter or ambulance or rescue squad member in an organized fire department or ambulance or rescue squad in the State; and

  (3) Accepted for admission or enrolled in a course offered at a public institution of higher education in the State or a private nonprofit institution of higher education in the State.